The first words of God, the Hinduism revelations… the four Vedas were invoked by highly intelligent, accomplished sages and saints. Before anything could be invoked from domain of God, one needs gaining enlightenment. And for a human being to reach stage of enlightenment, practice of pranayama (breathing technique) was necessary. It is only through pranayama human beings reached the source […]
On path of yoga meditation, unless one indulged in pranayama (breathing exercises), one could never reach stage of enlightenment, no matter what! Pranayama was a prerequisite to reaching spiritual goal of life. It was only through pranayama, sages and saints of earlier era reached source of all consciousness existing in our heart as our soul atman, the spirit within! […]
Yoga is derived from root word yog which in Hindi means effort of a soul atman trying to merge with God Almighty, Parmatman (Brahman). As per scriptures of Hinduism it is believed our soul atman existed in our heart. By indulging in pranayama (breathing through the nose) we try reaching the source, soul atman itself. After all spirituality was […]
Our heart is the residing place for our soul atman, the consciousness within. It is only through pranayama one reaches the inner core of heart, soul atman itself. Mind is the connecting link between souls’ atmans and God Almighty. No human being ever had an independent mind. We all have a brain which acts as a receiving and transmitting […]
In the initial stages of spiritual pursuit when young about 15 years of age I indulged in pranayama soon after morning exercises… a routine I developed after reading some books. The whole exercise was very soothing both internally and externally. But later on when I realized the cause for indulgence in pranayama… I practiced pranayama lying in shavasna pose of […]
In Pranayama (breathing exercise) we try to connect with consciousness, our soul atman existing in our heart. This effort of trying to connect with the spirit inside was highly captivating, energizing. It also produces inner calm, at times feelings of total tranquility, serenity. Pranayama primarily was part of spiritual journey undertaken by seekers. As there were no side effects, there […]
Pranayama (breathing exercise) was a simple routine of yoga meditation indulgence in which could be done by any, any given moment of life. The essence of pranayama laid in power of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! While indulging in breathing exercise we need to think, contemplate on vital issues of life that lay hidden in scriptures of different religions of world. […]
Pranayama (breathing exercise) primarily relates to yoga meditation, path of spirituality! We were primarily a spirit, a spiritual being manifesting human form. As a spirit, consciousness residing in our heart, our soul atman was the real self of us. To reach this real self our indulgence in pranayama gets necessitated. It was only through breath we could reach our consciousness […]
Any human being belonging to any religion, faith or belief can indulge in pranayama (breathing exercise) to reach our true inner self existing in our heart as our soul atman, the spirit! The journey in human form, the journey of soul atman within was beyond discretions exercised by human fraternity at large. As a spirit all souls’ atmans were integrally […]
Pranayama (breathing exercise) can be indulged any given moment of time… in the morning, evening or night but the morning time after 4:30 AM and before sunrise is preferable. When we were fresh from sleep, we could concentrate best on breathing. Any time when we felt inner calm, inner peace… one could indulge in pranayama! By: Vijay Kumar […]